Specialist Ethel Haberman releases a pigeon on a trial flight at Naval Air Station, Richmond, Florida.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
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Chow Time
Chow time for the pigeons (and the pigeon trainers), with specialist Virginia Thomas dishing it out at Naval Air Station Richmond, Florida.
The c. 1944 photograph comes from the National Archives.
Pigeons!
Part of the job of WAVE Ethel Haberman is training pigeons to be the Navy’s messengers.
The c. 1944 photograph comes from the National Archives.
Daniel Boone’s Kin
Lt. Leila Stevens swears Ruth Boone into the WAVES. Boone is a great great granddaughter of legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
The WAVE Experience
What’s it like to be a WAVE? Muriel Caldwell fills in the details for students at the Punahou School in Hawaii.
All Aboard!
The Highlight
The highlight of the day? Incoming mail (at least at NATTC Norman, Oklahoma).
The Wayne Miller photo comes from the National Archives.
Joy Bright Hancock
Joy Bright Hancock, who would become a captain with the Navy.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Hawaii Jobs
As 1945 progressed, more and more WAVES would arrive in Hawaii doing more and more jobs, including this batch of air traffic controllers.
From Secretary to WAVE
WAVE Emma Denton Shelton, who left a job as a secretary at the Nashville Tennessean to become a WAVE. She became a communications officer in the Sixth Naval District, Charleston, SC. Here she’s walking home from work.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 